Project information

Summer Playscheme Spirits

SPS a summer holiday play-scheme for 150 children aged 3-7, providing:
12 days of environmentally friendly, opportunities to play and socialize, spend quality time in a safe environment (indoors and out).

Charity information: Clapton Common Boys Club

Need

Consultation with teachers in 6 local OJ boy's schools (Aug 17) informed us that they recognized improvements in behaviour, health and happiness amongst beneficiaries many of whom have made a significant change in this new school year. In recent years, more families remain home each summer, intensifying the need for a safe summer playscheme but there is only one other playscheme for our target group of boys aged 3-7 and they are over-subscribed.

Solution

SPS - 2 weeks of educational, stimulating and exciting activities. SPS will benefit families who are unable to afford travelling out of their home for a 2 week summer break. The programme will give parents the break they so desperately require, and give children the opportunities they desperately lack.

Impact

As per the above, SPS will achieve long term changes in the children’s habits

Risk

Having successfully run this, and other, projects alike, we are confident that this is a low risk project.
However, we have done a comprehensive risk assessment for this project to ensure all precautions have been considered and all risks addressed, including:
Safety Risks
Staffing Issues
Operational Challenges
Financial Risks
•All staff undergo a full induction and this includes H&S, risk assessments, emergency procedures. The First aider undergoes a refresher training.

Reporting

Upon the culmination of SPS we will submit a report, pictures and invoices.

Location

Stamford Hill wards are amongst top 10% most deprived LSOA's. Many of the boys do not get the time to socialise with their peers, thus affecting their social development. 22% of the local population subsist on benefits (Hackney Review 11), but for the OJC this rises to 52%. There are similar organisations eg. Youth Direct and KidsN'Action running summer programmes. In recent years, more families remain home each summer, intensifying the need for a safe summer playscheme.

Beneficiaries

SPS will work with disadvantaged children from the London Borough of Hackney, due to the specific difficulties they have:
These children live in Hackney, which is one of the 3 most deprived boroughs in the country (Holman Report 2002). There is an extreme lack of holiday provisions for boys in the area.

These children belong to the Orthodox Jewish Community, where they face additional deprivation, since they often face barriers in the partaking of out-of-school activities.